Good Day Sunshine

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Today marks the availability of the so-called Super Deluxe version of The Beatles Revolver, which was first released 5 August, 1966. The reviews are all positive (so far), and I will not rehash them except to say that is is difficult to understate how different the album was at the time. Tomorrow Never Knows literally blew people away, and the …

1978 – The Good Old Days?

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September 23, 1978, Blondie’s Parallel Lines is released, going to UK number 1 in February 1979, and becoming that year’s best selling album. And, in other news … 1978 was an up and down year (recognise any similarities with 2022?) January 18 – The European Court of Human Rights finds the British government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, …